Water filter



Jan. 13, 1931. R. B. EvERsoN 1,788,510

WATER FILTER Filed April 6. 1929 l A l www No,

Patented 13', 19,31

ROY BLAIR EVERSON, Ol' CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGN'OR T0 EVERSON FILTER COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, .A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS WATER. FILTER Application med April 6,

My present invention relates to water filters, and particularly to that type commonly known as domestic filters whlch are used in the homes and oiices on drinking water fountains and the like, where the` drinking water su ply from the city mains has been chemical y treated, fitting it for human consumption. This treated water carries a large quantity of mechanically .suspended foreign matter, a very objectionable odor, and a pronounced and dlsagreeable taste, especially when chlorine has been introduced. l

The object of this invention, therefore, 1s to provide-a filter as a single unit and one which will not only remove the mechanically suspended foreign matter from the water, but which will also deodorize and clarify the water, and remove its objectionable taste.

A further object is to provide a filter which is readily accessible for cleanin and recharging, and one that will permit of ack washmg.

A still further object is to provide an effective baiile system to prevent short circuiting of the flow of water through the filter, operatin in conjunction with a removable discarge strainer. V

Having these ob'ects in view, my invention consist in the novel design and arrangements of parts hereinafter set forth, and as is more particularly pointed out in the appended clalms and as is further illustrated' in the drawing, in which Figure 1 is a vertical section through the filter embodying my invention, the pipe manifold details being shown in elevatlon; Figure 2 is an elevatlon of the top of the filter as shown at Figure 1, the pipe manifold omitted for sake of clearness; and Figbaflie or distributing plate.

Referring to the drawing, my invention comprises an open top, cylindrical shell 1, having taperin walls, and provided with a semispherical ome-or cover plate 2, whlch has a recessed Han e carrying a gasket 3, adapted as a seal or the open end of the cylinder. The cover is held in place by means of a yoke 4, pivoted at 5 to the cylinder; a cap screw 6 passes through the yoke and ure 3 is an enlarged top plan view of they vwas. serial-m. staats;

bears against the to of the cover late so that as the screw 6 1s tightened against the cover plate, the plate becomes sealed to the cylinder. This construction obviously provides a closure for my filter which permits of ready access to the interior of the filter. filter shell thusjformed, comprisin the cylinder 1 and the cover-2, is provide with an 1nlet opening 7, in the cover, and an outlet opemng 8 1n the bottom of the cylinder, both of whlch -opemn are tapped to receive standard pipe, an \which openings are connected by means of a'pipe'manifold which consists Vof the valves 9, 10 and 11 and the y plpes 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17; the Ts 18, 19 and 20, lunions 13a and 17a and elbow 21. An extension pipe 22 and valve 23 lead to the waste connection for flushing or cleaning (not shown) and an extension plpe 24, union 24a and valve 25 lead to the drinking water fountain or faucet (not shown).

Ad]acent. the recessed flange on thei'cover plate, and as an inteK al part thereof, is an extenslon 3a, which orms a seat for a fine wlre mesh screen 26, and a baffle or distributing plate 27. The plate 27 i's held in posit1on by means of a. cap screw 28, passing through an aperture 27a -in the center of the plate 27 and being threaded into the top of the dome or cover late 2. This distributing plate 27, is dishe allowing the outer edge of its top surface 276 to bear against the wire mesh 26 and seat into the extension 3a. Radial baflles 270 are pressed or cast into this plate 27, and between these baffles, in the depressed `central portion of the plate are a plurality of apertures 27d. In the bottom of the shell, through the opening 8, a perforated pipe 29 exten s up into the filter. A screen 30 of relatively fine wire surrounds thek pipe 29 and is affixed thereto, so that the pipe and screen being attached to the pipe 8a, may be removed with the pipe .8a through .the threaded opening 8.

In opera-tion, the pipe Sa'carrying its perforated extension 29 and screen 30, is affixed to the filter shell as shown. The filter is then partially filled with finely divided crystals of silica or quartz 31, up to the level indicated as 32. The shell is next filled with a .100

The 1 deodorizing medium such as bone black, indicated as 33 on the drawineup to the level 34, the balance of the shell ing filled with silica crystals 35 as before, so that when the cover or dome 2 is clamped in place, the distributing plate 27 will be pressed down upon and lie in actual contact with the quartz.

All valves are closed. The valves 11, 9 and 25 are opened which allows the city Water which is piped to the valve 11, to pass through the pipes and fittings 19, 14,13, 18 and 12 and into the dome or cover, down through` the screen 26, and through the apertures 27dl in the plate 27; from here the water passes through the filtering and deodorizing beds, and through the screen 3() and perforated pipe 29, through the pipe and fittings 8a, 20, 24 y and 25, where the water leaves, being removed of its odor, taste, and mechanically suspended v20 im urities. In closing the valves 9 and 25 an opening the valves 23 and 10, the water is allowed to reverse its flow, and back Wash through the valve 23 to the sewer.

It should be particularly noted at this time,

25 that the detailed construction of the dome or cover plate 2, in combination with the screen 26 and distributing plate 27, readily permits of their removal and replacement, which replacement becomes necessary to permit of the 3o continuous service to which such a lter is subjected.

The tapering of the walls of the filter as shown on the drawing (Figure 1) prevents the liltering beds from shrinking away from actual contact with the walls of the cylinder, which shrinking would leave a small space cylinder, a set screw threaded thru the yoke and seating against the exterior surface of said closure, a anular filtering medium carried in said shl' under a pressure exerted by the adjustment of said closure to said shel a screened drain ttn removabl assembled to th :bottom-of sai shell an extending theret ruz and a pipe manifold connecting aid semlspherica closure to said drain ttin v g ROY BLAIR EVERSON.

open and thus destroy the purpose of a filter bed, by leaving the water short circuit through the bed and out the discharge without passing through the filtering and deodorizin as the lter beds shrink, or contract, due to the pressure of the plate27 on the beds, the quartz and bone black crystals are forced into actual mechanical contactwith the walls and held there.

Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A Water filter comprising an open top cylindrical shell having tapering walls terminating into a semispherical bottom, a semispherical closure for the top thereof recessed to receive the top edge of the open shell, an

inner peripheral shoulder forming a part of said closure, a Wire mesh screen seating on said shoulder, a perforated water distributing plate removably aixed to said closure like- Wise seating on said shoulder and ada ted to mediums. With this construction,

hold said screen in contact therewit said plate being provided with integral radial Y balles adapted to direct the ilow 'of water therethru, a resilient gasket interposed between the recess in said closure and the shell,

c5 a yoke pivoted to the exterior walls of said lOl. 

